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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Sceliphrinae » Mud-dauber Wasps (Sceliphrini) » Blue Mud-dauber Wasps (Chalybion) » Common Blue Mud-dauber Wasp (Chalybion californicum)
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Blue Wasp 1 - Chalybion californicum
Copyright © 2008 Jo Ann Poe-McGavin

Blue Wasp 1 - Chalybion californicum
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 1, 2008
Size: 20 mm approx

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Blue Wasp 1 - Chalybion californicum Blue Wasp 1 - Chalybion californicum - male
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Contributed by Jo Ann Poe-McGavin on 30 September, 2008 - 9:49am
Last updated 30 September, 2008 - 1:49pm

Blue mud dauber.
Looks to be a male of Chalybion californicum. Definitely not Chlorion.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 September, 2008 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
Ah Ha! That would explain all
Ah Ha! That would explain all the nests showing up because I've been seeing many more of of these this year and many more nests.

Question-do they build in groups? (like more than one wasp in a nice area?) Do they share, are they communal?
… Jo Ann Poe-McGavin, 30 September, 2008 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

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